By Greg Hazley
CBS News has elevated two top communications executives as the division begins a new era under evening news anchor and managing editor Scott Pelley.
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Sonya McNair, the former New Yorker PR director who joined CBS in 2009, was elevated to senior VP, communications, for CBS News. Kelli Raftery, a freelancer who joined the entertainment division on the West Coast last year, was tapped as VP, communications, for news and will relocate to New York reporting to McNair.
CBS Corp.’s longtime PR chief Gil Schwartz called the transition “an exciting time of change and development” for the network’s news unit.
“60 Minutes” alum Pelley made his anchor chair debut on Monday, taking over for Katie Couric.
CBS News president David Rhodes called McNair a “trusted advisor” since his arrival in February.
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